I've been lurking on this egroup for a while, but
haven't had any interesting comments to make thus far.
I'm a relatively new listener of Harry's music and I
enjoy reading everyone's comments on his music, even
though I have yet to hear all of his songs. (I
stopped myself from greedily consuming his music when
it dawned on me that one day there would be no more of
Harry's songs for me to enjoy- now I'm taking Harry in
very slowly.)
I have listened to the song Dogtown and wasn't quite
sure what was meant by the trivia question posted
earlier. Was the question, what is Dogtown of? I am
interested in hearing people's comments if that was
the question. My perception of the song is that the
dog ends up being her husband, because all the men die
at sea. But what kind of husband can the dog be? And
is this based on a real town? And why does this song
make my stomach hurt everytime I listen to it???
Could someone please explain?

thanks,
jb

--- Jesse Bailey <fire_and_rain8@...> wrote:
> In my humble opinion, I think the biggest mistake
> Harry made in regards to
> releasing a song as a single was not releasing
> Circle off of Sniper and
> Other Love Stories. It's not a particular favorite
> of mine, but it seems
> that the really good songs by any artist don't tend
> to get radio play. But,
> Circle is a song that to me seems to express a deep
> and ageless emotion
> which was put into words very eloquently. And the
> fact that it had a nice
> pop hook couldn't have hurt. When you consider that
> when it was recorded by
> The New Seekers it hit number one on the charts in
> Europe I think the powers
> that decide what song to make a single out of made a
> huge mistake. Don't get
> me wrong. I think that Sunday Morning Sunshine was a
> really excellent song.
> In fact I much prefer it to Circle, but I don't
> think it's nearly as
> accessible to the masses. However, I'm glad Circle
> wasn't released as a
> single. If it was I think Harry's choice of songs on
> future albums would
> have differed to include less story songs and more
> songs like Circle. And
> for me, Harry's story songs have always been the
> ones that have tugged and
> swayed the swelling emotion within best, because I
> think that sometimes the
> plight of others can help us better understand
> ourselves.
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Jesse
>
>
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